The email for this article was deactivated after Hampshire College restored the flag to its rightful place.

The Daily Caller reported in part:  

Hampshire College in Massachusetts has announced that it will no longer fly the U.S. flag at all in response to an incident where the flag was taken down and burned. The president of the college says that by getting rid of the flag the school will be able to focus on other issues like halting Islamophobia and promoting gay rights.

The mess for Hampshire College started a week and a half ago, after Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election. The school responded to Trump’s victory by keeping the U.S. flag at half-staff, as if in mourning, which upset some community members. Then, on the night before Veterans Day, somebody took the flag down and set it on fire. While the motive isn’t known, there have been many examples of students burning U.S. flags to protest Trump’s electoral victory.

While the flag was replaced in time for a Veterans Day commemoration, Hampshire College president Jonathan Lash has announced the school won’t be flying the flag at all anymore.

“We will not fly the U.S. flag or any other flags at Hampshire for the time being,” Lash said in a campus-wide email, according to Campus Reform.

While acknowledging that getting rid of the flag may be “especially painful” for military veterans and their family members, Lash said he hoped doing so would “enable us to instead focus our efforts on addressing racist, misogynistic, Islamophobic, anti-immigrant, anti-Semitic, and anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and behaviors.”

Alleged Islamophobia educational campaigns suppress free speech in a manner that jeopardizes public safety.  Fear of being branded an Islamophobe played a role in suppressing communications that may have had different results for the lives of 63 people in San Bernardino and Orlando:

SAN BERNARDINO

Townhall.com  Neighbor Didn't Report Suspicious Activity of San Bernardino Killers For Fear of Being Called Racist

Katie Pavlich Dec 03, 2015 10:15 AM  According to a local Los Angeles news report, a neighbor of San Bernardino massacre suspects Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik didn't report suspicious activity at their apartment for fear of being accused of racism.

This is the same politically correct culture that lead to the Ft. Hood shooting when Nidal Hassan, who had been spouting violent Islamic propaganda to neighbors on post and reaching out to Al Qaeda, was ignored for fear of "Islamophobia" accusations.

ORLANDO

Floridatoday.com Mateen’s employer ignored complaints about his death threats because he was a Muslim. 

Gilroy, a former Fort Pierce police officer, said Mateen frequently made homophobic and racial comments. Gilroy said he complained to his employer several times but it did nothing because he was Muslim. Gilroy quit after he said Mateen began stalking him via multiple text messages — 20 or 30 a day. He also sent Gilroy 13 to 15 phone messages a day, he said.

"I quit because everything he said was toxic," Gilroy said Sunday, "and the company wouldn't do anything. This guy was unhinged and unstable. He talked of killing people."

The desire not to be labeled a racist or Islamophobe will likely result in more people not being willing to report suspicious behavior in the future.

Tragically, Islamophobia campaigns are having a chilling impact on the free speech of Americans and helping jihad.

Fox News reported on November 28, 2016:  Veterans protest at Massachusetts college that removed US flags.  Around 1,000 veterans gathered at a western Massachusetts college Sunday to protest the school’s decision to stop flying all flags, including U.S. flags, after students allegedly burned a flag in protest of Donald Trump’s election victory.

Hampshire College’s removal of the American flag and imposing false boundaries on free speech regarding legitimate concerns about the Islamist agenda promote harmful disrespect for the Bill of Rights.  Such boundaries diminish public safety and trample free speech.  Hampshire College’s removal of the American flag demonstrates hate for America that could have a lasting and destructive influence on the attitudes of their students and the people in the surrounding community.

Florida Family Association has prepared an email for you to send that educates Hampshire College Board of Trustees and officers regarding the negative influence of alleged Islamophobia educational campaigns on public safety and urges them to return the American flag to its rightful place.

The email for this article was deactivated after Hampshire College restored the flag to its rightful place.

Contact information.  

Jonathan Lash PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE president@hampshire.edu jlash@hampshire.edu

Byron P. McCrae VICE PRESIDENT FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS  AND DEAN OF STUDENTS bmccrae@hampshire.edu

Eva Rueschmann VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS  AND DEAN OF FACULTY erueschmann@hampshire.edu

Members of the Board of Trustees (listed only trustees with identifiable email addresses.)

Judy Bornstein San Mateo, California Judy Bornstein is a managing director and the chief financial officer of American Infrastructure MLP Funds jbornstein@aimlp.com

 

Dayna L. Cunningham Brookline, Massachusetts Dayna Cunningham is executive director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s  Community Innovators Lab. dayna@mit.edu

Nirman P. Dave Rajkot Gujarat, India Nirman is a programming and entrepreneurship enthusiast. me@nirmandave.com

Anne M. Downes Northampton, Massachusetts Anne Downes, senior associate dean of advising. adownes@hampshire.edu

Linda Earle New York, New York Linda Earle is executive director  of the New York Arts Program linda@nyartsprogram.org

Sascha Freudenheim New York, New York Sascha Freudenheim is co-founder  and principal of PAVE Communications & Consulting sascha@paveconsult.com

Carolyn Greenspan Wallingford, Connecticut  and Watch Hill, Rhode Island Carolyn Greenspan is an owner and the  chief executive officer of Blue State Coffee carolyn@bluestatecoffee.com

Rebecca Holland Brooklyn, New York Rebecca Holland is the assistant vice  president for global standards and  compliance for New York University No longer with this employer.

Richard M. Hurd Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Dick Hurd is an investment manager  and director of research at Mayo Capital Partners. dick_hurd@mayocapital.com

Mary James Portland, Oregon Mary James is A.A. Knowlton Professor of Physics and  dean for institutional diversity at Reed College. mary.james@reed.edu

Stephan Jost Honolulu, Hawai'i Stephan Jost is an art historian  and director of the Honolulu Museum of Art. No longer with this employers.

David Matheson  Concord, Massachusetts David Matheson was vice president and  senior partner of The Boston Consulting Group matheson.dave@bcg.com

Robert McCarthy, Jr. Hong Kong, China Bob McCarthy is a director of Spinnaker Capital bob.mccarthy@spinnakercapital.com

Lucy-Ann McFadden Senior scientist NASA's Goddard Space  Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland Bethesda, Maryland lucyann.a.mcfadden@nasa.gov

William Null Sleepy Hollow, New York Bill Null is the managing partner of Cuddy & Feder LLP,  one of the Hudson Valley's leading law firms.  wnull@cuddyfeder.com Blocking emails from FFA.

Annie Rogers Amherst, Massachusetts and Lismore, Ireland Annie Rogers, professor of psychoanalysis and  clinical psychology, is the elected faculty trustee. arogers@hampshire.edu

A. Kim Saal Northampton, Massachusetts Kim Saal is CEO and President,  Cooley Dickinson Medical Group. kim_saal@cooley-dickinson.org Blocking emails from FFA.

Carol Salzman Bethesda, Maryland  Carol Salzman is a board-certified physician  practicing internal medicine and infectious diseases. csalzman@csalzmanmd.com

Pasha Dritt Thornton San Francisco, California Pasha Thornton is the Head of School  for the San Francisco Expeditionary School pashat@sfexpeditionary.org

Maria Vallejo Wellington, FL Maria Vallejo is Vice President for Growth and  Expansion and Provost of the Belle Glade & Loxahatchee Groves Vallejom@palmbeachstate.edu

Carol Varney San Francisco, California Carol Varney is executive director of  the Bay Area Video Coalition carol@bavc.org